Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-17
IDAHO

There is an epidemic of whoopng cough
several parts of chihuahua, which is KILN
off the children In large numbers.
Fifteen to twenty miles Of snow sheds wi
be built by the Canadian Pacific railway TIL
summer in the vicinity OF Donald, B. C.
Sewing girls 10 the east end Of London max
shirts for cents each, and furnish their owl
thread BY hard labor they can make ST.
shirts a day.
With view to protecting the fisheries Of tt,
province. the Manitoba Fish and Game Pro
lection society Is trying to get the export o
fish prohibited.
tree cut near Oakland, Nd, made nine
teen logs, nine of which were twelve feet long
three, sixteen; three, fourteen, and four,
eight 1t measured five feet 10 diameter.
A paper peach basket. which can be manu-
factnrcd for about cents has been Invented
hy New Yorker, and, II Is thought will set
tie the question Of free baskets for peaches.
b the collapse OF the famous sCoal-TIolc''
last week, London is at last rid of disrep-
ntablc resort that has existed fof nearly a
century. In the early days pleasure seekers
In making night Of its always paid visit
% this place.
A sountryman was strolling along fremont
row, Boston, one day rcecntls, when he was
stopped by member OF the Y. NJ. &. A.. who
was inviting pa ssers-by 10 80 In aud worship,
who said, 'step right up stairs nay friend
YOU wa Ind cordial welcomc.n mo, ser
lent; yer can't play any Of yer confidence
garaes on me I've hcarn tell too much
f.a ,f.f Il hal,
IL The city two hours
County newspapers unfortunately often
have 10 depend upen seho0l-tcaehcrs for news
from various locaiites IN Mr. YORK Rough
Notfs can call 10 mind several such CORE
spondcnts who could not write a single sen
rence 81 good Eagllsh, and whose spelling
iciled all the laws Of photography One Of
these correspondents began Que Of his letters
"a this manner u haint BIN abel to eli 60 tho
village this week 50 ] cant send va mulch
news.n
While the fond parents 81 the school children
At Aehhgry ~ j.. have been resting easy over
The thought that their offspring were fast oc-
auiriug practical education, the youngsters
have been allowed BY their teacher A. h.
toriiss, q cripple, aged ~, 10 pass the after.
noou session In playing cards checkers.
ion,inoes aud other games. coriss gave "a
hls reasons for tie strange innovation that he
could not eoutros his pupils lie has been
discharged
Aeurious phenomenon Ia often Witnessed
in the mountainous dlstrlcis OF Nevada
Mouniaineers call 70 'pogonip, aud describe
u as being q sol1 OF frozen fog that appears
sometimes ia winter, even On the clearest and
brightest OF DAYS. In an lnstaat this air Is
aiied with floating needles OF Ice. 10 breath
Tho pug0nipis death 10 the iuags When it
comes people rush to cover. The Indians
dread II az much an the whites II appears
10 he caused hy tue sudden freezing Ia the
air Of The moisture which collects about the
semmits 81 the high peaks
Lowar California IA ia pretty had straits no
rain having fallen for months and the people
being threatened with famlae The govern
mcnt has increased the distress of the people
by granting as mouopolles % few capitalists
the most important Industries the pearl Dish
eres, tne cultivation aud expiration of or
Chilla, and other branches 81 business which
were the chief resources OF the ploplc. The
expectation was that these contracts would
develop the country anl bcnelit this laboring
classes, but the grantees, withfew EXCEPTIONS,
have dohc nothing, and the people are de.
prved Of the ineana of Subsistence
A rare instance Of canine intelligence Is thus
related BY The Le'eist91, tMs) Jotaua, "Dr.
f.'s business called him olti Of town over
night, leaving his slater alone At homo rs
housekeeper. In the afternoon a lady friend
rallcd, and duriag the conversation remarked;
Are You rot afraid to relnain here alone over
nightr % no said the sister, not as long a.
have Flash beside me- Now Flash's bed
was n the cellar, and at the usual time In the
evening he was accustomed TO take drink OF
water and retire. Gu this occasion, however.
the sister found Flash lying IN the hall up.
stairs, close by the door Of her room, aud there
he remained until morning, though not anoth.
er word had been spoken on the sublect.n
One Of The anecdotes with which Boston
club talk IL enIvencd nowadays ia the tale
of Unknown South-end man whose name
Is prominent In sporting circles ana concern
ing all whom all sorts Of adventures are re-
lated lie has recently found himself some
what stralteued In hls purse, too fond dcvo-
tlon 10 the poker-tahle having depleted his
his fortune. He thought over The situation.
and At length concluded to discuss 1t with
bis wife, who had more than once rcmonstrat.
ed with him for his dIsslpated habits, and
who WAS especially bitter in regard to his
habit Of being out every night until the hours
were OF the smallest. "Why, dear he said,
think We ought 10 get something ont OF
this great house, II is too large for lust YOU
and me, and think we mad better take in a
few dodgers. "''Yes, she returned, with cold
and awful glitter IN her eye 1--WE win take in
lot of mIlkInen. It viii be SO convenient
to have men who VIII be going To their DAYS
work Just as you get homo from yours
The ealabilty Of sea water as preservativs
Is shown by the fact that among the relics re-
covered from vessels sunk ii the harhor of
Nigo, Spain, In E02, there have been recover
ed specimens OF loeRood and mahogany that
Notwithstanding their Isl Years submorsion.
are in the most perfect state OF preservation.
Dyers who have experimental with the log.
weed state that II Is even better for diving
purposes than the wood now Imported The
mahogany, too, is very fne and solid, one log
twelve feet long aud twenty-five by thirty.
two inches square, being subsequently worked
np ia the shape OF furniture aud walking
sticks as nomcntoes The chief object of In.
terest, however, is an ancient pully blocl, four
and one-hait feet high aud three feet broad.
With four SOLID copper sheaves eighteen iuches
ie diameter. II is OF solid OAK, aud was
probably used in huistins heavy articles of
merchandise or the anchors. The wood is
PERFECTLY preserved, out an iron band Is com.
pletely eorrcded away, while the conner
wheels arc but slightly oxldlzed
Jacob Mccall an engineer, and Terrence